News on Life Sciences

Japanese stem cell researcher wins top award

2011-02-04T16:30:19Z

Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka was Friday honoured with a Spanish award worth 400,000 euros ($544,000) for his pioneering work on cell reprogramming.

Yamanaka won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine, the foundation announced.

The former orthopedic surgeon made his breakthrough discovery in 2006 when he succeeded in generating...

Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest

2010-11-29T14:52:26Z

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Healing- A Few Reasons Why It Happens Naturally

2010-11-02T21:25:10Z

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When We Die

2010-11-03T00:22:51Z

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Large ancient birds jabbed at prey

2010-11-02T13:23:05Z

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Manmade DNA powers cell in step to artificial life

2010-05-20T10:30:07Z

Scientists make synthetic cell using manmade DNA, not quite new life but a step that way

Scientists have created a living cell powered by manmade DNA.

It's a bold step in the quest to build artificial organisms that might one day produce new fuels, clean polluted water or speed vaccine production.

But is it truly an artificial life form? Its inventors call it the world's first synthetic cell, although this initial step is more a re-creation of existing...

Fat lips evolve at record speed

2010-10-27T07:11:47Z

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Change Your Brain

2010-10-27T08:41:52Z

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Brown University reports steep drop in endowment

2010-04-16T10:24:00Z

Brown University reports steep drop in value of endowment; down 27 percent

Brown University is reporting a steep drop in its endowment.

The Ivy League school says the value of its endowment fell nearly 27 percent to $2.04 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30.

The university says the investment return for its endowment declined 23.1 p...

The natural order of things

2010-10-22T10:05:59Z

Charles Darwin, who was born 200 years ago next month, has spent the 150 years since he published The Origin of Species fighting for the idea of common descent. Though physically dead, he is still doing battle for the notion that chimps are your cousins and cauliflowers your kin.

It is a sufficiently weird concept to keep Darwin relevant, revered and resented in equal measure. But in some ways it is less radical and topi...

Breakthrough of the Year: Reprogramming Cells

2010-10-26T12:07:31Z

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Video: Reprogramming Cells

2010-10-26T12:07:30Z

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Don't be afraid of mid-career change

2010-04-16T16:47:55Z

Nancy Irwin was in her early 40s when she changed her career from stand-up comedy to psychotherapy. Having made such a dramatic turnaround, she thought to herself, "If I can do it, anybody can." So she collected dozens of examples of people who also made major life changes after 40, including many who switch careers. She documented their lives in the book "You-Turn: Changing Direction in Midlife." We caught up with Irwin to find out what she's learned about venturing down new paths.

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PI3K Is a Key Regulator of Inflammatory Responses and Cardiovascular Homeostasis

2010-10-26T10:11:42Z

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Fearless Woman

2010-12-16T13:32:11Z

An undated image of a brain scan provided by the University of Iowa Department of Neurology, shows an MRI scan of patient SM's brain. The arrows point to the amygdala, the region of the brain which SM is missing, as shown by the vacant black holes underneath the arrows. (AP Photo/University of Iowa Department of N...

Knows No Fear

2010-12-16T10:01:14Z

An undated image of a brain scan provided by the University of Iowa Department of Neurology, shows MRI scans of patient SM's brain. The arrows point to the amygdala, the region of the brain which SM is missing, as shown by the vacant black holes underneath the arrows. (AP Photo/University of Iowa Department of Ne...

Thailand Ancient Crocodile

2010-11-25T05:30:39Z

In this undated photo released during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 by the Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources, the skull of an ancient crocodile which was dug in...

Algae Fuels U.S. Navy

2010-10-27T03:01:31Z

In this photo from Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, scientist Xinhua Zhao works in the molecular biology lab at Solazyme in South San Francisco, Calif. Many of the U.S. Navy's ships and jets will soon be running on prairie gra...

Algae Fuels US Navy

2010-10-27T03:01:29Z

In this photo from Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, strains of algae are shown in the strain room of Solazyme in South San Francisco, Calif. Many of the U.S. Navy's ships and jets will soon be running on prairie grass, sugar beet pulp and sawdust that’s been eaten by micros...